Top 2009 albums

7. Animal Collective - Fall be Kind EP The second half of Graze!!! I Think I Can; What Would I want? Sky deliver too

6. Bear in Heaven - Beast Rest Forth Mouth Lovesick teenagers never die :)

5. Wild Beasts - Wild Beasts Watch me! Watch me! The belle of the ball!

4. Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms Cut Copy/m83 hybrid - wonderful surreal summer sounds

3. Atlas Sound - Logos AMAZING

2. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest This was so close to being number 1: achingly beautiful - heady summer; youth, vitality

1. Animal Collective - Merriwether Post Pavillion THIS ALBUM IS BASICALLY PERFECT

Stuff I listened to that didn't come out this year:

Bonnie Prince Billy - I See a Darkness Trent Reznor take note: what nihilism should sound like

Built to Spill - Keep it Like a Secret Woah: Not all 90s rock is shit! :o
Interpol - Our Love to Admire Coming to terms with the fact that I ignored this for 2 years on the basis of Pitchfork's lukewarm rating (yea, I'm that lame). Not as good as their first 2 albums, but still good

Lightbulbs are the devil

Apparently, we've only got 3 more days to buy standard light bulbs before EU legislation banning them comes into effect.

THANKS BRUSSELS!

It's not the government's fault you're a fat loser

The myth of the political messiah is probably as bad today as in the Roman Empire: it's not the government's job to make you a better person!

More delightful madness from everybody's favourite lolbertarian, Ron Paul, here.

Gotta get big!

You've gotta feel bad for Rybakou, weightlifting's best runner up. Silver in Beijing and Athens:

DO NOT SMOKE ROMEO AND JULIETS

Seriously, nearly killed me

Logos

Patrick Cox is basically my gangly super hero; how a guy that looks like Napoleon Dynamite can produce such wonderful music is beyond me, but the new Atlas Sound delivers!

Just check the praise it's been getting:

"Listening to the new Atlas Sound...fucking amazing album." - stylish internet dude

"consistently out of this park" - stylish asian internet dude

Barry's To-Do List Uncovered

So I happened to be at a basketball game and stumbled across The One's diary :O